So you’re saying that government is more able to more accurately assess life-cycle costs for a piece of equipment than private businesses?
OK
Actually, I think large entities of any kind, government or private, are about on a par at accurately assessing anything (i.e. not very good).
Government is not more able to assess life-cycle costs. What they can do is factor in other considerations than just money-in and money-out, which is what businesses are mostly concerned with (and indeed, what they mostly should be interested in).